Legal Opinion
Department of Transportation v. Hudson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 10, 1986No. 72524PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
On August 21, 1985, the appellant, Department of Transportation (DOT), filed its declaration of taking to acquire a temporary easement on the appellees’ property for a detour route during construction of a bridge expansion on Georgia Highway 230 in Dooly County. The appellees, Georgia Margaret Hudson, James Corbitt Hudson, and Earle Franklin Hudson, subsequently filed a motion to set aside the declaration of taking, contending that the DOT abused and misused its authority to condemn.
On one side of the bridge to be expanded was the appellees’ property, which was heavily…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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